Academy for Young Writers: chronic absenteeism and attendance
19K404 · Secondary School · 1065 Elton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11239 · East New York · District 19
60.0%
chronically absent in 2024-25
42.2%
District 19
33.3%
all NYC public schools
In 2024-25, 254 of 423 students at Academy for Young Writers missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 17.8 points higher than District 19 and 26.7 points higher than all NYC public schools. The rate rose 3.4 points from 2023-24, and was 39.3% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 83.1%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 39.3% | 26.5% | 88.9% | |
| 2019-20 | 38.7% | 25.1% | 89.1% | |
| 2020-21 | 50.7% | 29.7% | 81.6% | |
| 2021-22 | 61.7% | 40.4% | 80.5% | |
| 2022-23 | 60.4% | 36.2% | 81.7% | |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 34.8% | 82.4% | |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 33.3% | 83.1% |
A dash means no published figure for that year. 2019-20 covers September to mid-March only, and 2020-21 included remote learning.
By grade, 2024-25
- Grade 664.7%
- Grade 747.6%
- Grade 845.5%
- Grade 954.3%
- Grade 1076.8%
- Grade 1153.9%
- Grade 1273.4%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 117 | 54.7% | 62.1% |
| English language learners | 13 | 69.2% | 59.8% |
| Students in poverty | 375 | 61.6% | 47.9% |
| Students in temporary housing | 52 | 78.8% | 57.4% |
Rates for small groups can swing a lot from year to year.
What moves this number
A personal call home on the first unexplained absence, a recorded reason for every absence, and a weekly attendance team meeting where every student gets an owner and a next step. Chancellor’s Regulation A-210 asks every NYC school for all three. BrainBridge makes them the easiest thing your team does each day.
Other District 19 schools
- P.S. 190 Sheffield55.4%
- P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns60.1%
- P.S. 224 Hale A. Woodruff51.9%
- P.S. 273 Wortman51.5%
- The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare54.3%
- Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School54.7%
- Van Siclen Community Middle School52.1%
- World Academy for Total Community Health High School64.0%
Source: NYC Public Schools, End-of-Year Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Data (2018-19 to 2024-25). Chronically absent means missing 10 percent or more of the days a student was enrolled, for any reason; it counts students enrolled at least 10 days who attended at least once. Group figures the city suppresses for privacy are left out. District figures include transfer schools.
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